Viewzi`s Various Views of Search - How Does Google Compare?
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Before I tell you how Google compares, I want to show you one more screen shot. I tried searching for “steampunk” on Viewzi's video view. Again, you won't get the full benefit of this, because some of the videos are rolling, showing you short clips of what you'll see if you click through.
If you move your cursor along one of those three strips, it scrolls smoothly. Also, there's a row of words above the images. These are tags, which you can click on to remove all videos tagged with that particular word. So if I'm interested in steampunk in general, but NOT steampunk guitars, I can remove all the videos that use “guitar” as one of their tags.
So how does Google compare? I'd give Viewzi the edge here, but Google is no slouch. Here's a screen shot for a general search on steampunk:
Here's a screen shot of the same search using the video option; note that you can play at least one video right from the results.
Finally, to keep things even, here's a screen shot of an image search using the keyword “brass goggles.”
Arguably, this compares well to Viewzi's basic image search. In fact, there seems to be more on-topic results. On the other hand, with Viewzi's images, you can zoom in without ever leaving the site, which may save you a little time clicking back and forth with images that turn out not to suit your needs.
I like the way Viewzi displays its information, and lets you manipulate and interact with the results. I also appreciate the wisdom behind Viewzi's decision to focus each view on specific sites for results, but I'd like to see them include more than two or three sites (or in some cases one) in a view. I expect they'll expand as they go along; Viewzi is in beta after all. I will say that Viewzi seems to return reasonably good results even with its current limits.
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